The source said: “Sir Alex thought that bringing in a manager who had never won anything would have been great for the club. He honestly expected Moyes to transform over night into something he is not.

“The board even called the Moyes project ‘Operation Polish The Turd’. Of course, the more they polished, the bigger the stench. Moyes had never even been on an airplane before joining United. The guy still uses Teletext for fuck’s sake.”